Tag Archives: page size
Reducing page weight
March 28, 2017, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
When approaching the issue of web page weight, it’s useful to keep in mind the well known engineering maxim, “Simplify, and then add lightness“. This article describes some of the ways you can add lightness and reduce your web page weight... Read More
A page weight reference for the web – the 1 MB website
June 1, 2016, by ronan
“Every line is the perfect length if you don’t measure it.” — Marty Rubin In engineering disciplines it’s very important to have fixed frames of reference to enable easy comparison of results. In the web developer community we already have many page weight measuring tools such as our own mobiReady and WebPagetest.org. So we have the weighing... Read More
The web is Doom
April 19, 2016, by ronan
In July 2015 I suggested that the average web page weight would equal that of the Doom install image in about 7 months time. In about 7 months average web page size will be same as Doom install image. Well done us! Onwards & upwards!... Read More